Are RA lawyers in on the conspiracy as that would explain why they have done such a poor job so far?
IMO
IMO, the defense introduced each conspiracy/SODDI for the single purpose of planting reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror.
This is not about the pursuit of justice, prosecuting the "real killer," or anything else but to give false hope to their client, and hope for a mistrial. Clearly, there's no chance for an acquittal here!
But as of today, the defense has failed to produce admissible evidence demonstrating a nexus (i.e, the
legal threshold for a third party defense).
To be clear, the defense first introduced their theory of 'Odinists' responsible for the murders in September 2023 but a year later, still could not produce credible evidence to link 'Odinists' to the crime.
Accordingly, the Court ruled this week that it will not permit the evidence submitted by the defense in support of their arguments regarding
third-party perpetrators in the trial as the probative value of such evidence is greatly outweighed by confusion of the issues and its potential to mislead the jury.
However, in all fairness to RA, the Court will allow evidence to support an
offer of proof at the trial if one is made by defense Counsel. What that means is that during the trial the defense will still have a chance to try to convince Gull that a sufficient link exists between Odinism and the alternate suspects to present that information to a jury. But first, they will have to make that case directly to Gull while the jury is asked to step out of the courtroom.
MOO
ETA: IMO, the only reason for the defense to even attempt to resubmit Odinists during the trial, especially knowing it will be rejected by the Court, would be to get it on record to preserve the issue for the Court of Appeals.
Preserve the Issue...